Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-10-07
SIDEW1LK PR1TTLE.
Rustic up your tax money.

Light showers of warm rain fell her
last Friday night.
The racing fever has subsided anC
the sports have gone home.
Eight hundred dollars was invested
in pools during the two days races here
last week.
The board of county commissioner
meet in regular session on Monday
next, October 10.
MIR. and Mrs. Pike, of Oakland. Ogn.
are visiting their daughter, Mrs. j. II
Wilson, of this town.
The flour mill engine has been reno
vated throughout and is now running
on full time as good as new.
S. G. Isaman & Co. are the leading
dealers in drugs, druggists sundries and
jobbers in cigars in Lewiston.
Rev. George will preach at the Fair
view school house next Sunday morn
ing, Oct. 8, at IL a m. Subject: -
Rev. d. E. George will preach at
Mt. Idaho on Sunday evening next,
Oct. 8, at 7 p m. Subject: Goods word"
Messrs. Hawley, and Wyatt & Ross
are gathering up 500 head of steers for
an early shipment to the east, by way
of Spokan Falls.
Denver Kincaid had his shoulder
broken last Saturday by being jerk ed
off wild horse. DIR. Bibby reset the
fracture and he is recovering.
When you are in Lewiston call on
w. w. Swank & Co., and examine
their large stock of Harness and saddles
at astonishingly low prices.
In reward cards, birthday cards, call
ing cards, holiday and playing cards we
lead the trade in the territory.
S. q. IsAMAN & Co.
Notwithstanding the reduction of in
terest from ten to seven per cent on
county warrants we still take 'em at
par on subscription and advertising
account.
Rev. d. E. George, the newly ap-
pointed M. E. minister to this circuit,
arrived with his family on Friday of
last week. and has taken board and
lodging with Rev. Hall and family.
The stores hereabouts are taking
wheat at so cents per bushel on acct.
In Lewiston it is offering at 40 cents,
sacked and delivered free on board,
with purchasers scarce at that figure.
There was birth and a death at
Frank Shssler's over at Rustic last
month which somehow got overlooked ed
III newsgathering. The baby was born
Sept. s, and it died of measles, Sept. 18.
There will be quite large surplus of
wheat on Camas prairie this fall. but
as it is worth more at home than it will
bring abroad, there will probably be
not much hauled to Lewiston unless
the price takes an upward jump.
Frank Scott and his famous steed,
" Paddy" didn't show up at the last
races, much to the regret of the boys.
Paddy can always be counted on to
make any race interesting in which he
is entered, as Frank always aims to win.
j. II. Wan has removed from this
county to Idaho county, Idaho. We
are sorry to lose citizen who has thus
far proven himself worthy and well
qualified to discharge the duties i'm
posed by his relation to society Pom
eroy Independent.
A large lynx raided John Golfers
chicken house Monday night, and John
shot both of his front feet squarely off
with a charge of buckshot. Thus in
jured it crawled into the wheat patch
and hid till morning, when John track
ed him up and dubbed him to death.
A claw from the varmint adorns this
sanctum.
Mr.. Odle brought US yesterday some
apples of the "Twenty-ounce" variety
that are about the largest ever raised on
this prairie, being thirteen inches in
diameter, or one inch larger than the
finest we have seen raised in this abun-
dant year of big red apples. They were
raised on. Mr.. Odle's fine orchard ad-
joining Mt. Idaho.
The president has appointed Charles
NJ. Force, of Kentucky, to be receiver
of public moneys at Lewiston. Mr..
Shaw, the present incumbent, resigned
several months since, and could have
kept the Office until his term expired
but that he found mere congenial en-
ployment awaiting his return to civil
life. The local mugwumps who wanted
the land offices got beautifully left, and
their pretensions that they were demo-
Gratis, when they never attended 8
democratic primary, never voted dem.
IL. 4 /